Four ways the Supreme Court could decide its gay marriage cases

The Supreme Court could issue rulings on two gay marriage issues as early as Thursday morning.

Four ways the Supreme Court could decide its gay marriage cases

The two same-sex marriage cases before the Supreme Court give the justices a lot of options.With a lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that banned gay marriage, and another challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law barring federal recognition of gay marriage, the majority of the nine justices could write a narrow opinion affecting just the Golden State or a sweeping one that affects marriage laws across the country.Beyond that, the underlying issues of state ...